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The group of Professor Alexandre Refregier uses the data collected by ambitious surveys to work out the nature of dark matter, dark energy and our expanding universe.

METIS is the first instrument of the Extremely Large Telescope to pass its final design review.

Researchers measured with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope ammonia in the atmosphere of a cold brown dwarf, showing that the isotopic abundance of ammonia can be used to study how giant gas planets form.  

For thousands of years, humanity and science have contemplated the origins of life in the Universe. Humanity still has a long way to go before we fully understand the fundamental aspects of what life is and how it forms.